re: Who Do You Add To The SEC, And Why Won't It Work?

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UVA and UNC are the only two schools worth adding (that make any sense). Neither are leaving the ACC, so the SEC is not expanding until that changes.

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A VA of NC school make the most sense from a geographic and media market share perspective.

I don't think it would have to be UVA or UNC though. If any combo of UVA, UNC, NC State, Duke, Wake or Va Tech wanted on board, the SEC would go for it.

What prevents it from happening are:
ACC fan allegiance (and they would forgo decades long established rivalries,
and
ACC buyout clause they put into effect a few years ago,

The above might change if the SEC continues to dominate college athletics and the revenue gap between the SEC and ACC schools becomes so great that it would equal the buyouts in a 1-3 year period. Also, if the conference starts to crumble b/c of perceived favoritism or unfair treatment (as in the Syracuse and UNC situations.)